Camera Control has the unenviable task of providing a lot of camera functionality with minimal physical real estate. Most importantly, it has to do so in a location that feels good in the hand.

Apple’s latest iPhone 16 series introduces a new camera control button. This button lets you quickly launch the camera, take photos, record videos, and adjust settings using capacitive touch controls.

Commentary: I love the idea behind the dedicated Camera Control button on recent iPhones, but it keeps getting in the way.

Almost everything is easy to do on a smartphone these days. Until I want to take a picture. Suddenly, I’m juggling my iPhone to unlock the device—my fingers are fumbling around for the right ...

Apple replaced the classic mute switch with the configurable Action button last year on the iPhone 15 Pro. Since day one, the Action button on my iPhone 15 Pro Max has been assigned to launching the ...

Despite Apple’s best efforts to market the iPhone 16‘s new camera button as its innovation, this isn’t quite the case. Yes, Apple’s implementation and tech behind the button’s functionality is novel, ...

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Honor’s latest mid-range smartphone is the Honor 400 Lite, and it has a new “AI Camera Button” that can launch Google Lens. New buttons are an increasing trend in smartphones as of late, and Honor is ...

A former employee at a Samsung supplier revealed on LinkedIn that they had worked on a camera button for the Galaxy S26 series. The camera button would’ve also offered swipe functionality, akin to ...

The new mechanical button will reportedly sit on the bottom right side of the device and is designed for taking photos and videos in landscape. It could even be touch-sensitive to let you control zoom ...

In a post on X, Nothing shared an x-ray-style image of a phone with an extra button positioned just below the power button. The button appears shorter and wider than the others, accompanied by the ...